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Getting Trucking on the Right Track
In early August, I drove down to Cape Breton and then to my birthplace, beautiful PEI. It was a really good drive. I was really pleased with how well the traffic flowed, generally. I went through some construction zones, it being construction season (the only other season in Canada being dead of winter), but even…
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Fusion or Fission – Pick a Horse
In 1920, physicist Arthur Eddington proposed the basis for nuclear fusion power. Referring to the energy contained in nuclear reactions, he said “we sometimes dream that man will one day learn how to release it and use it for his service. The store is well nigh inexhaustible, if only it could be tapped.” In 1955…
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To Infinity and Beyond! …Well Maybe Not
A couple of weeks ago I saw a tv news report on a launch of a space probe of some sort – I forget which one it was. At the end of the news item, the anchor closed with the cheerful statement that it was one more step in gaining the expertise “we are going…
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The Future for Hydrogen Powered EVs
The vehicle pictured above is the $2M+, 2000 hp, 1000 mile range Hyperion XP1 sports car. It has absolutely no relevance to this article or to average Canadians except to offer visual proof that exciting things are starting to happen in the world of hydrogen powered electric vehicles. Ok, so back to reality for average…